另类嘻哈 (又被称作另类说唱) 是一种嘻哈音乐形式，对其定义众说纷纭。 Allmusic给出的定义如下:

另类嘻哈发源于1980年代晚期，在1990年代早期达到鼎盛。该音乐形式主要由东海岸的音乐团体引领，例如The Roots, De La Soul、Jungle Brothers以及A Tribe Called Quest，与当时诸如The Pharcyde和Jurassic 5的西海岸嘻哈形成互补。但是，音乐家们时常发现自己在与新出现并不断发展壮大的西海岸匪帮说唱乐竞争中挣扎。这种状况随着1990年代中期以武当帮乐团（Wu-Tang Clan）、纳斯和声名狼藉先生（The Notorious B.I.G.）为代表的东海岸硬核说唱乐的快速发展并成为主流而改变。随着这种发展趋势，许多另类嘻哈乐队或是解散，或是式微。但是在1990年代晚期到20世纪早期又出现了复苏迹象，部分是由于通过互联网传播音乐的大量运用。

Alternative hip hop (also known as alternative rap) is a subgenre of hip hop music that encompasses the wide range of styles of hip hop that have not become identified as mainstream. AllMusic defines it as follows: "Alternative rap refers to hip hop groups that tend not to conform to any of the traditional forms of rap, such as gangsta, bass, hardcore, pop, and party rap. Instead, they blur genres – drawing equally from funk and rock, as well as jazz, soul, reggae, country, electronic, and even folk."